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Black Moses: Story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Edmund David Cronon
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Description for Black Moses: Story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Paperback. A book that comes with a cover design. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
In the early twentieth century, Marcus Garvey sowed the seeds of a new black pride and determination. Attacked by the black intelligentsia and ridiculed by the white press, this Jamaican immigrant astonished all with his black nationalist rhetoric. In just four years, he built the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest and most powerful all-black organization the nation had ever seen. With hundreds of branches, throughout the United States, the UNIA represented Garvey’s greatest accomplishment and, ironically, the source of his public disgrace. Black Moses brings this controversial figure to life and recovers the significance of ... Read more
In the early twentieth century, Marcus Garvey sowed the seeds of a new black pride and determination. Attacked by the black intelligentsia and ridiculed by the white press, this Jamaican immigrant astonished all with his black nationalist rhetoric. In just four years, he built the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest and most powerful all-black organization the nation had ever seen. With hundreds of branches, throughout the United States, the UNIA represented Garvey’s greatest accomplishment and, ironically, the source of his public disgrace. Black Moses brings this controversial figure to life and recovers the significance of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Pres
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299012144
SKU
V9780299012144
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About Edmund David Cronon
E. David Cronon is professor emeritus of history and dean emeritus of the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is the author of numerous books and articles on twentieth-century American history, including Labor and the New Deal.
Reviews for Black Moses: Story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Those who are interested in the revolutionary aspects of the twentieth century in America should not miss Cronon's book. It makes exciting reading." — The Nation "A very readable, factual, and well-documented biography of Marcus Garvey." — George Schuyler, The Crisis, NAACP "In a short, swiftly moving, penetrating biography, Mr. Cronon has made the first real attempt to ... Read more